| The Learned Banqueters, Volume VIII: Book 15. Index Contributor(s): Athenaeus (Author), Olson, S. Douglas (Editor), Olson, S. Douglas (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0674996763 ISBN-13: 9780674996762 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $29.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2012 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Ancient And Classical - Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval - Reference | Encyclopedias |
| Dewey: 888 |
| Series: Loeb Classical Library |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 4.58" W x 7.43" (0.67 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In The Learned Banqueters, Athenaeus describes a series of dinner parties at which the guests quote extensively from Greek literature. The work (which dates to the very end of the second century ad) is amusing reading and of extraordinary value as a treasury of quotations from works now lost. Athenaeus also preserves a wide range of information about different cuisines and foodstuffs, the music and entertainments that ornamented banquets, and the intellectual talk that was the heart of Greek conviviality. Volume VIII completes S. Douglas Olson's complete new edition of the work, replacing the previous Loeb Athenaeus (published under the title Deipnosophists) and includes comprehensive indexes of authors, terms, texts, and places. |
Contributor Bio(s): Olson, S. Douglas: - S. Douglas Olson is Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Classical and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Minnesota. |